Grip-hook for binding-chains



(No Model.)

J. E. LUGKEN.

GRIP HOOK FOR BINDING CHAINS.

No. 593,402. Patented Nov. 9, 1897.

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JACOB E. LUOKEN, OF WORDEN, WISCONSIN.

GRIP-HOOK FOR BINDING-CHAINS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 0. 593,402, dated November 9, 1897.

Application filed March 27, 1896- Serial No. 585,104. (No model.)

To aZLwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB E. LUCKEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at WVorden, in the county of Clark and State of \Visconsin, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Grip -Hooks for Binding- Ohains, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to hooks designed to be used in connection with binding-chains, ropes, cables, or similar appliances for binding the load upon logging-sleds, railroad-cars, steamboats, boom-sticks, and wherever it is desired to bind the load to prevent its falling oit during transportation.

The object of my invention is to provide a device that will permit the load to be unbound preparatory to unloading the same without danger to the operator; and a further object is to provide a device which can be loosened without any loss of time.

My invention consists generally in the main stationary partor body pivotally connected to one end of the binding-chain and provided at one end with a pivoted hook to receive the opposite end of the binding-chain, said main portion being also provided with a link or loop to receive the free end of said hook when the parts are brought together, all as hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of the specification, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my device closed. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the parts separated as they would appear during the process of unbinding the load.

In the drawings, 1 represents the main or stationary part of the device, made in a very substantial durable manner and pivoted at its lower end to the hook 8 of the swinging part 2. The part 1 is also provided near its upper end with an opening 3, by means of which one end of the binding-chain 4 is connected to the part 1. The part 1 is also provided near the lower end with a recess opposite the end of the hook 8, provided on the part ,2, when the device is in the position shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The free end of the part 2 is beveled on its outer edge, and a link or loop 5 is provided at the upper end of the part 1 and is adaptedto slip over the beveled end of the part 2 when it is raised to a vertical position, as shown in Fig. 1. One of the links at the opposite end of the binding-chain 4 is passed over the end of the part 2 when it is desired to bind the load. The part 2 is then raised to a vertical position, when the link carried thereby will slide into the recess provided in the edge of the part 1, permitting the parts 1 and 2 to be brought close together and allowing the loop 5 to drop over the beveled end of the part 2, thereby locking the two parts together. The free end of the part 2 may be drawn down to the horizontal position, as shown in Fig. 2, when it is desired to unbind the load.

It will be observed that while in use the link of the binding-chain remains in the recess provided in the part 1 until such time as the link 5 is raised and the parts separated.

As the part 2 is drawn down by the operator the end of the hook 8 will engage the link in the binding-chain, pushing the same out of the recess in the part 1. The link having been pushed out of the recess will slide off the end of the part 2 and permit the logs to roll off the load, and as the use of the link 7 and the cord permits the operator to stand at considerable distance from the load the operation of separating the parts may be car ried on without any danger to the life or limb of the operator.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A grip-hook for binding-chains, comprising the part 1 having a notch or recess to receive the link' of the binding-chain, a part 2 pivotally connected to said part 1, the latter being pivotally connected to said chain, means for locking the free end of said part 2, and

said part 2 beingprovided with a shoulder or hook to engage said link and force the same out of said notch or recess without increasing the tension upon said chain, for the purpose set forth.

JACOB E. LUCKEN. 

